Advertising novelty



G. H. ROWLES.

ADVERTISING NOVELTY. APPLICATION FILED .IULYH, 1920.

WITNESS: INVENTOR.

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UNITED STATES PATENT .OFFICE.

GEORGE E. ROWLES, or BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

ADVERTISING NOVELTY.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. RoWLEs, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Baltimore city, in the State of Maryland, have invented a certain new and useful Advertising Novelty, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is the provlding of a combined container for match boxes or other bodies, a receptacle for containing ashes or the like, an attached folding cigar or cigarette holder and the arranglng of advertising matter thereon so that the use thereof may attract attention to the adver tising matter.

A further object of my invention is the providing of a case in which match boxes may be inserted and provided with means of permitting said match box to be opened and matches scratched on the side thereof and one face of said case being depressed to secure the match box in position, which depression may be used as an ash receptacle.

A further object of my invention is the providing of a case in which match boxes may be inserted and provided with means of permitting said match box to be opened and matches scratched on the side thereof and one face of said case being depressed to secure the match box in position, which depression may be used as an ash receptacle and a movable forked member hinged to said case opening to hold one end of a cigar, the case holding the other end of the cigar and the combined weight of case and matches holding said forked member in open position.

A further object of my invention is the providing a compact folding match case for holding a box of safety matches, said case shaped to form an ash receptacle and a folding cigar rest attached thereto.

With the foregoing and other objectsin view, my invention consists of the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as herein specifically described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein is shown the preferred embodiment of my invention, but it is understood that changes, variations and modifications can be resorted to which come within the scope of the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawings of the herein described embodiment of my invention, Figure 1 is an isometric view of my advertising novelty Specification of Letters Patent. Patented July 12,1921 I Application filed July 17, 1920.

Serial N 0. 396,966.

1n open position ready to receive a box of matches, the depositing of ashes and the holding of a cigar or cigarette. Fig. 2, is a side v1ew in elevation showing the cigar holder in closed position. Fig. 3, is a plan view in closed position and Fig. 4 is an endelevation in closed position.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

1, is the case body, one face of which is provided with depression 2, which serves a double purpose, one of receiving ashes and the other holding the match box which may be lnserted in the case down in position.

3, 1s a forked member which is hinged to the body 1 at 12 and formed to close neatly over said body and said recess, having opening 4 through which access is had to a match box drawer for the purpose of pushing the same out and is provided with a forked top 5 for resting a cigar thereon.

Case body 1 is provided with side openings 6 to allow access to the sides of the pression 2 around the same or on other parts,

of the case may be advertising matter 11.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. A case for holding a box, one face of which case is recessed to hold a contained box against the opposite face of said case and a hinged member hinged to said case covering said recess when closed.

2. A match case having open sides and ends, one end being open to permit the insertion of a match box, one edge of said end being bent over to permit the easy withdrawal of said box and a hinged member with means of permitting said match box to be opened and matches scratched on the side thereof and one face of said case being of case and matches holding said forked depressed to secure the match box in posimember in open position. tion which depression may be used as an l ash receptacle and a movable forked mem- GEORGE ROWLES 5 her hinged to said case opening to hold one Witnesses:

end of a cigar, the case holding the other WALTER R. HEATH, end of the cigar and the combined Weight WILLIAM W. VARNEY. 

